What a massive W for India!
I thought I would post this after IAF, CDS and MOD etc confirm in their final press briefings but not a big issue wrong facts can be corrected later.
In an unprecedented (in indo pak tensions) blitzkrieg India just increased the cost of conducting terrorism on its soil multi fold.
- Major terror bases both inside Pak and PoK were destroyed. esp. LeT/JeM HQs. This itself is a satisfactory end objective.
- A significant amount of their air defence systems were destroyed. We made mockery of the Chinese tech.
- 11 PAF airbases and a couple of army bases were pummelled with missiles. They look like ruins. An AWACS too was destroyed. Read that again... an AWACS was destroyed. First time since 1971 there were several casualities of PAF personnel and with subsequent attacks many PAF personnel were also killed. even their $1B from IMF is not enough to fix these.
- The significant Sargodha Air Base, is also included in this. The F16s from the US is here.
- The most significant air base Noor Khan air base in Rawalpindi. This is one that oversees the Pak Nuclear arsenal. if only anyone understood how fking significant this act is. Pak would have crapped their pants after this and rant to their two daddies Trump and Xi. Both had to put out statements in support of Pak.
- The most daring of all - We hit one of the most sensitive locations - Pak nuclear weapons storage facility in Kirana hills. The tunnel entrance was hit precisely to send a message to Pak that we are unfazed by their nuclear threats (they tested to spook us, that is the probable reason for earthquake of that magnitude). Now think about that. Has any country attacked a nuclear weapons silo of a nuclear armed country? That too a neighbour.
- This nuclear dare, the possibility of India neutralizing the nuclear arsenal of their chief minion and their precious F16 airbase attack are probably what spook the US Intel then Rubio and Vance.
- Not to forget we fired a fking Brahmos into Pak. modified to launch from air without the help of Russians!!
This is a humiliation any respectable airforce/country would never recover from. but alas it is Pak.
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Never before had this damage to Pak been done before without boots on ground and engaging in a protracted full scale war. With minimal loss to us. The heroes of this episode were the homegrown Akash Missiles, L70 (an ancient weapon that was modernised, a miracle in itself) and other AA guns. It guaranteed our Air Defense Superiority.
Even after all this, some of you are behaving like edgy teenagers. 56" ? mudi? Really? That's all that you got out of this? It is ok if you don't support the ruling party and may be the supporter of the opposition party. But at the time of a war like situation and a terrorist attack, making juvenile remarks about the govt which has acted in the best interest of India is immature and reflects poorly on you and your intellectual abilities. Please avoid this pretense of being a "Patriot"... you just don't like the guy who is the PM. Be brave and accept that don't behave like pakistan. The same opposition was crying DE-ESCALATE when India was pummeling pak... Now after cease fire they are posting Indira Gandhi pics and mocking Modi. How stupid is this?
I finally feel the meek India of the recent past (read about how helpless and lame we looked after 26/11 and each terror attack) which sent dossier after dossier and sang "aman ki asha" slogans has squarely ended with this bold episode. esp. in a country where some top bollywood actors have their relatives as politicians in pak!! This is not just a shock to Pak but also a messaging to China too. Both the Military and Political Leadership conducted themselves professionally. Even at the face of disproportionately bad PR towards India by the usual suspects esp. tiktok but obviously there it is CCP driven we can do nothing about that. Sadly MEA's final messaging was meh.
Only tempering thoughts after this can be: pak is a small fry but we are no match for China. It is highly improbable that our pro social justice anti-merit country will have any chance facing the dragon as an equal. Another way this massive W would lose its sheen is if the Indus Water Treaty gets reinstated. But I fear that might happen as Modi might be further pressured by Trump for a trade deal. As it is plenty clear that pak is a strategic asset for US and it does not want to lose it fully to China.
Thank you for reading this wall of text, now stop crying, whining, ranting, taunting etc and go buy good defence companies ETFs or stocks if that is your jam. A lot of cool shit is going to be made in large numbers. NFA.
At the end of this definitely have to express sincere gratitude to Manohar Parrikar one of the best DMs of India... whose bold decisions in the face of so much fake news and propaganda are still saving our ass to this day. And om shanti to all the soldiers who lost their lives in shelling and firing.
Apologise in advance for any typos and wrong info that might be corrected in the future.
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